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We happily find ourselves on a beautiful remote island off of the coast of British Columbia, Canada where we are entirely off the grid and reached only by boat or floatplane. Here we are stumbling, bumbling, and laughing our way hopefully towards sustainability. We enjoy being around creative, energetic and hard working people. We currently run a small marina facility and three rental cabins. With help from all of you we have rebuilt a laundry room, constructed a generator shed/workshop, have installed a battery bank, a micro hydro system, solar panels, and this winter, built a new giant woodshed. Three small cabins, as well as a veggie garden. What's next........ a sauna?......an art gallery/ workshop/studio space?........
Cynthia and myself live here year round and are joined by work aways who come here to the bay and spend a couple of days, weeks, or months building, clearing, ploughing, and laughing with us. I do not believe now that we could live here without your help and we always look forward to meeting new friends. This spring we will be needed help with the firewood, cottage cleaning, brush clearing, and the planting of the veggies.
We are primarily looking for folks with garden know how, ***building experience and or ***chain saw skills. There is always firewood to bring in, split and stack, spring cleaning and brush clearing to do. Lots of garden work as well as helping with cleaning, planting and prepping. We need to build some new gates and to strengthen our garden fence against the deer and the bears. We are especially passionate about restoring the creek for salmon that runs through our property. This includes tree planting and trail building.
We always enjoy having couples come and help.
We thank you so much for your interest and we hope to see you soon!
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
We do not adhere to strict schedules at here. You will see what is expected of you by sharing in the work of all. Helpers will always have spare time to hike, kayak, fish, or any other leisure that they may desire. We generally start the day after everyone has surfaced and had some morning nourishment. You are not required to rise at any given time. You will have your own accommodation and will be expected to make your own meals some of the time although dinners are sometimes communal... We hope that have as much fun here as we do.
English: Fluent
The accommodation varies depending on the time of the year, but always inside and warm.
In the late 1800’s our bay was the most populated place on the coast and home to a thriving gold mining industry, logging camp, and fishing fleet. The towns 164 city-sized lots are still titled and are just one part of our 165 acre property. The townsite was of course along the waterfront where there is a 600 foot pier that provides moorage for our own as well as visiting boats. The pier and dock are virtually the only sign of the town that was.
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
More than two
we do not keep hours. everyone pitches in at their own level. (max 25 hours)
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